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[awaterlily 0]

wendy,

I hope your wait isn't too much longer ...perhaps Saint Nick will bring you the approval!

and congrats to your SIL and her husband. Insallah

I am good, thanks. Still waiting (15 months and counting!!).

Yilmaz's youngest sister that got married a little over a year ago is pregnant!!

Are you guys ready for Christmas?

[tanyakaraman 0]

It is quite possible to live here in the US and raise your children according to the Muslim faith. I personally know families who do so quite successfully. Your faith, your family life, and your children's upbringing is what you make it. Of course it is more difficult than in a predominantly Muslim country, but certainly not impossible.

In an interfaith marriage, however, the spouses kinda went into the deal knowing they were going to have both...or else they went in with unrealistic expectations...

GL with your application to remove conditions......and yes, I hear it is taking a very looong time.

Congratulations!

It has been over 4 months since I applied to remove conditions, no words from the USCIS yet. As I said somewhere else on the forum that Ithink they know who celebrate Christmas and who does not and act accordingly...in giving 'presents'...

wendya, it is good to be open-minded. But this issue is very very important. It never goes away. Living in a foreign country and wanting to raise your children according to your cultural sphere is very very difficult if not impossible in inter-national/ inter-faith marriages. Even when people say they are not religious they still celebrate Christmas.Muslims do not. If I want my children to be Muslim how can I let my children to be subject to Christian/pagan rituals? When it comes to faith we can not say let us have both.

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Congratulations for all those who have made some progress....

We are sowed in....Iced in....frozzzzzen solid...so thought I might take a quick moment to post.

Religion and children from other relationships are HUGE issue.

Most Americans do not understand Islam and have been pushed into believing it is "BAD" by this government and the media. I won’t comment any more on this issue.

The Religion issues talked within this form are issues that need to be resolved before the immigration process begins. It should determine even if a relationship continues or ends.

With that said....My husband is a Faithful Muslim man. It has been very difficult for him here and still is to this day. Customs in a Muslim Country compared to a Non Muslim country are as Night and Day. He would NEVER think to raise a child here.

I have 2 teenage girls, so being a parent is not new to me. One might hear a parent say, " If I could do it over I would have done it a different way". ;-) and it is true. !! Please understand, a mothers Love is "Unconditional". Even if the woman converts, her children most likely do not. Can you Muslim men live with todays American children?

I pray everyone is well and Insallah all Loved ones come together so very quickly.

Best wishes to all.

Debbie

[wendya 0]

Oh my God!!! Yilmaz got the approval letter for his waiver in the mail today!! :dance: :dance: :dance:

Now I think all he has to do is redo his physical and go to Ankara to pick up his visa. Happy, Happy Day!!!!

Thank you so much everyone, especially Tanya and awaterlily, Mina, Deb and John, Julia and Ferno.

You all have been a wonderful support and I could not have gotten through these past 15 months without you. Now I must go and starve myself and exercise until I drop!! (You think I would have used my 15 months wisely!)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year once again to ALL!!!

Love,

Wendy and Yilmaz :dance: :dance: :dance:

[camistanbul 0]

Oh my God!!! Yilmaz got the approval letter for his waiver in the mail today!! :dance: :dance: :dance:

OMG! That's fantastic news!!! I'm so happy he was approved!!! Congratulations to both of you!

Tebrikler!

[wendya 0]

Oh my God!!! Yilmaz got the approval letter for his waiver in the mail today!! :dance: :dance: :dance:

OMG! That's fantastic news!!! I'm so happy he was approved!!! Congratulations to both of you!

Tebrikler!

Thank you so much!!! I really appreciate all the support from everyone!!!

Have a great holiday!!!!

[tanyakaraman 0]

Wendy and Yilmaz, we are SOOOOO happy for you! Tebrikler!!! It couldn't have happened to a nicer couple

So Awaterlily was right about St. Nick bringing your approval LOL...I guess he even saw fit to drop it off a couple days early

Have a warm and happy holiday, as I'm sure you will now that you know your love is really on his way

Love

Tanya & Ozzy

PS: I had more dancing men up there, but got an error message when I tried to post that said "you have posted a message with more emoticons than this board allows" LOL, I didn't know there was a limit on such things

[awaterlily 0]

Wendy!!! That's fantastic news!!! You must have cried a river of joy!

Congrats, Merry Christmas and have the best freakin New Year ever!

Oh my God!!! Yilmaz got the approval letter for his waiver in the mail today!!

Now I think all he has to do is redo his physical and go to Ankara to pick up his visa. Happy, Happy Day!!!!

Thank you so much everyone, especially Tanya and awaterlily, Mina, Deb and John, Julia and Ferno.

You all have been a wonderful support and I could not have gotten through these past 15 months without you. Now I must go and starve myself and exercise until I drop!! (You think I would have used my 15 months wisely!)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year once again to ALL!!!

Love,

Wendy and Yilmaz

[Mina76 0]

Oh my God!!! Yilmaz got the approval letter for his waiver in the mail today!!

Now I think all he has to do is redo his physical and go to Ankara to pick up his visa. Happy, Happy Day!!!!

Thank you so much everyone, especially Tanya and awaterlily, Mina, Deb and John, Julia and Ferno.

You all have been a wonderful support and I could not have gotten through these past 15 months without you. Now I must go and starve myself and exercise until I drop!! (You think I would have used my 15 months wisely!)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year once again to ALL!!!

Love,

Wendy and Yilmaz

OMG!!! Wendy this is indeed such wonderfu news, Congratulations to you and Yilmaz on finally getting this very very very long awaited "APPROVAL" that has been long overdued to you both!!!

Now you can finally relax and be nothing but soooo very happy and live a wonderful life together!

Yours will be an encouragement to both Julia and Sibel and loved ones that their "APPROVALS" will come too, it's just only a matter of time when they do get it!

GOD Bless you both always

Mina

[ferno 0]

Oh my God!!! Yilmaz got the approval letter for his waiver in the mail today!! :dance: :dance: :dance:

Now I think all he has to do is redo his physical and go to Ankara to pick up his visa. Happy, Happy Day!!!!

Thank you so much everyone, especially Tanya and awaterlily, Mina, Deb and John, Julia and Ferno.

You all have been a wonderful support and I could not have gotten through these past 15 months without you. Now I must go and starve myself and exercise until I drop!! (You think I would have used my 15 months wisely!)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year once again to ALL!!!

Love,

Wendy and Yilmaz :dance: :dance: :dance:

CONGRATULATIONS WENDY! That is AMAZING news! What an absolutely wonderful Christmas present. Good things come to those who wait...this we know all too well.

Tebrikler!!!

(Oops - this is Julia...I am in Turkey and forgot that it was Onur's VJ account that was logged in here at VJ, but none the less congrats from both of us )

Edited December 24, 2008 by ferno

[ErikaAndHamit 73]

I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy for you Wendy!!

wowwwwwwwwww

Now all we need is Julia and Onur's approval!

.....oh yea and mine....lol

I am so happy Julia is with her love and Wendy will soon be with hers. Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday.

I miss Hamit soooooooo much

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CONGRATULATIONS Wendya!!

it sure has been long over due, so very happy for you both.....

Enjoy!

Oh my God!!! Yilmaz got the approval letter for his waiver in the mail today!! :dance: :dance: :dance:

Now I think all he has to do is redo his physical and go to Ankara to pick up his visa. Happy, Happy Day!!!!

Thank you so much everyone, especially Tanya and awaterlily, Mina, Deb and John, Julia and Ferno.

You all have been a wonderful support and I could not have gotten through these past 15 months without you. Now I must go and starve myself and exercise until I drop!! (You think I would have used my 15 months wisely!)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year once again to ALL!!!

Love,

Wendy and Yilmaz :dance: :dance: :dance:

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How are you Deb_Res? Any photos

Just wanted you to know I am thinking of you.

Many Blessings

Debbie

Merhaba Everybody!

I know I haven't been on here in ages... But we had quite a surprise on April Fool's Day when I found out that I was pregnant! Who would have thought I'd become pregnant, naturally on our own at the age of 43, and 6 months after my gastric bypass??? God is good! I have had a fabulous pregnancy without any complications and I am actually giving birth to our little angel girl on Fri. 12/5. I just found out yesterday that she has to be a c-section since she is lying sideways in me and not down in the birth canal... But she's coming exactly on her due date and she's already over 8 lbs.! We are very excited and feel very blessed that this miracle has happened to us...

Meantime... I received a call from our lawyer's office informing us that we need to make an appt. to start the lifting of conditions process for Resul. His anniversary is on 4/24/09. I saw online that the application fees alone are going to cost us over $500! My lawyer has not told me the cost of this service yet, but I'm imagining it will be well over $1000 which we can not afford with a new baby coming in days! My question is for those of you who have gone through this process is it something we can do on our own and how difficult is it? I looked at it and it seems do-able, but just want some opinions. Are they very tough with this process? I have seen that it has taken about a year for people to get their 10 year green cards, is that correct? Any info and advise would be great!

If you don't hear back from me right away you know what I'll be doing! I will post some pics once our angel arrives! Take care and good luck to all!

~Debbie

[ferno 0]

I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy for you Wendy!!

wowwwwwwwwww

Now all we need is Julia and Onur's approval!

.....oh yea and mine....lol

I am so happy Julia is with her love and Wendy will soon be with hers. Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday.

I miss Hamit soooooooo much

And Sibel and Muhammet too!

[wendya 0]

Wendy and Yilmaz, we are SOOOOO happy for you! Tebrikler!!! It couldn't have happened to a nicer couple

So Awaterlily was right about St. Nick bringing your approval LOL...I guess he even saw fit to drop it off a couple days early

Have a warm and happy holiday, as I'm sure you will now that you know your love is really on his way

Love

Tanya & Ozzy

PS: I had more dancing men up there, but got an error message when I tried to post that said "you have posted a message with more emoticons than this board allows" LOL, I didn't know there was a limit on such things

Thanks again Tanya and Ozzy!!! That is really funny about the emoticons, and you are too funny!!!

Edited December 26, 2008 by wendya